Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Rangefinder + Super-wide lens
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:10:23 -0000

Thomas,

I'm with you on that, the 35mm lens is the ideal for the M6 in my opinion
too.
I have a late all-black M3 version of the 'old' 35 Summilux with goggles. I
bought it because I like the fact I can focus to 26" but I dislike the wide
view I get in the M6 finder! It makes the 35mm view very small.

Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	thomas boehm [SMTP:toboehm@yahoo.com]
> 
> hi jeremy, 
> 
> you described the problems of goggle-converted superwideangles with
> better words than me and you added profound mathematics; maybe i
> forgot to say, that i'm "goggled" myself - for that, i can hardly see
> the 28-framelines in my M6. so, my statement about a "24-mm-frame"
> depends more on "feeling" (and informations by master TA) than on facts.
> for me, the M6 is most comfortable and perfect with the 35 mm.
> 
> thanks & regards, thomas
> 
> 
> ---Jeremy Kime  wrote:
> >
> > The observation about the viewfinder showing only a 24mm view is not
> > neccersarily correct.
> > I am sure the desired solution is for it to key in the 28mm frame
> (on M4-P,
> > M6) which then offers
> > 28 x 0.7 = 19.7mm view.
> 
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